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AMBULACRUM
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Irregular inflected form: ambulacra
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ambulacrum" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Holonyms ("ambulacrum" is a part of...):
echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)
Derivation:
ambulacral (pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms)